“Calling party pays” cellular and prepaid platforms for cellular calling systems
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1. A method of making a call by a caller to a subscriber of a wireless service provider comprising:
- placing a request for establishing a connection by said caller to said subscriber;
routing said request to an administrating server;
determining with said administrating server whether said call is chargeable to one of said caller and said subscriber based on a set of rules selected by said subscriber, said set of rules being based at least in part from the group consisting of the area code of the caller, the telephone number of the caller, the current time of the request and the current date of the request;
if said call is chargeable to said caller, establishing said connection with a wireless telephone associated with said subscriber; and
charging said caller with the cost of said call.
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Abstract
A subscriber to a wireless service provider can make calls in a conventional manner, and can receive calls from a caller in a mode in which the caller rather than the subscriber is charged. More particularly, a request for connection to the subscriber from the caller is received by an administrating server which determines if the call can be charged to the caller and then generates such a charge. Preferably the administrating server is part of a payment platform provided to generate an account for the subscriber to pay for outgoing (and, selectively, incoming) calls.
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1. A method of making a call by a caller to a subscriber of a wireless service provider comprising:
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placing a request for establishing a connection by said caller to said subscriber;
routing said request to an administrating server;
determining with said administrating server whether said call is chargeable to one of said caller and said subscriber based on a set of rules selected by said subscriber, said set of rules being based at least in part from the group consisting of the area code of the caller, the telephone number of the caller, the current time of the request and the current date of the request;
if said call is chargeable to said caller, establishing said connection with a wireless telephone associated with said subscriber; and
charging said caller with the cost of said call. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A caller party pays wireless telephone system comprising:
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a service provider adapted to provide wireless service to a cellular telephone of a subscriber;
an administrating server adapted to receive a request from a caller to establish communication with said subscriber, said administrating server being adapted to determine if said caller is chargeable for said call, and to establish a connection between said caller and said subscriber to said service provider in response to said request;
wherein said cellular service provider is adapted to assign a first telephone number for said subscriber and said administrating server is adapted to assign a second telephone number for said subscriber, wherein said request from said caller includes said second telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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